waray people
Waray people
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Warai / Waray-Waray Total population
3.2 million
(4.05% of the Philippine population)
Regions with significant populations Philippines
(Leyte, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, some parts of Masbate, Southern Leyte, Surigao del Norte and Sorsogon, Metro Manila)
Languages
Waray-Waray (mother tongue), Cebuano (second language), English, Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Cebuano
The Waray are an ethno-liguistic group of people geographically inhabiting in the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran - commonly referred to as the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The Waray, speak their native language called Waray-Waray. Waray people inhabit in the whole island of Samar and they are called Samareños while in the island of Leyte they are called Leyteños. In Leyte island, Waray people occupy only in the northern part of the island as it is divided by a mountain range in the middle of the island. Hence, the language division between the Waray-Waray speaking people in the northern part and the Cebuano speaking people in the southern part. In the island of Biliran, Waray-Waray speaking people lives on the eastern part of the island facing the island of Samar. They are commonly referred in Waray-Waray term as Biliranon. In the island of Ticao which belongs to the province of Masbate in the Bicol region, Waray-Waray speaking people live in most parts of the island. They are commonly referred to as Ticaonon. However, the Ticaonon have their affinity with the Bicolano speaking people of Masbate island as it is their home province. Bicol and Waray-Waray languages have a lot of similarities in vocabularies as compared to Cebuano language.
Contents
1 Area 2 History 3
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2014)
Warai / Waray-Waray Total population
3.2 million
(4.05% of the Philippine population)
Regions with significant populations Philippines
(Leyte, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, some parts of Masbate, Southern Leyte, Surigao del Norte and Sorsogon, Metro Manila)
Languages
Waray-Waray (mother tongue), Cebuano (second language), English, Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Cebuano
The Waray are an ethno-liguistic group of people geographically inhabiting in the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran - commonly referred to as the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The Waray, speak their native language called Waray-Waray. Waray people inhabit in the whole island of Samar and they are called Samareños while in the island of Leyte they are called Leyteños. In Leyte island, Waray people occupy only in the northern part of the island as it is divided by a mountain range in the middle of the island. Hence, the language division between the Waray-Waray speaking people in the northern part and the Cebuano speaking people in the southern part. In the island of Biliran, Waray-Waray speaking people lives on the eastern part of the island facing the island of Samar. They are commonly referred in Waray-Waray term as Biliranon. In the island of Ticao which belongs to the province of Masbate in the Bicol region, Waray-Waray speaking people live in most parts of the island. They are commonly referred to as Ticaonon. However, the Ticaonon have their affinity with the Bicolano speaking people of Masbate island as it is their home province. Bicol and Waray-Waray languages have a lot of similarities in vocabularies as compared to Cebuano language.
Contents
1 Area 2 History 3